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Industrial designer Jonathan Ive left with additional power/privileges after Steve Jobs’ death

If you’re on your way out, leave someone behind to protect your ideals and legacy. And if that person is less than conventional but has created some of the coolest industrial designs of the past 13 years, all the better. Per the Associated Press, Apple’s widely praised design chief Jonathan Ive has no true boss […]

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Catcher to invest $2-3 million to reopen Chinese MacBook unibody case plant within November time frame

After local officials ordered the suspension of operations at a Suzhou, China factory that supplies Apple with chassis for its laptops, Taiwanese manufacturer Catcher Technology will invest US$2-3 million with the goal of getting its facility back online in November. Per DigiTimes, details emerged that Catcher had temporarily closed a plant that provides 60 percent […]

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Apple releases Canon Printer Drivers 2.7 update for Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7 operating systems

It’s not the most exciting news in the world, but if you have a Canon printer, it’s useful. Late Thursday, Apple released its Apple Canon Printer Drivers 2.7 package for its Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7 operating systems. The update, a 320 megabyte download, adds support for the following Canon printers and multi-function peripherals […]